Staring at the recent candlestick chart, I feel a bit scared.

$BTC The current pattern is eerily similar to the peak of the 2021 bull market—the parabola curvature, the state of the heat indicators, the collective psychology of the market... If the four-year cycle still holds, we might see a bottom around $33,000 within two weeks? This is not alarmist. Most people are actually not truly mentally prepared.

But I think more deeply. Instead of obsessing over whether the cycle will repeat, I care more about a fundamental question: when the market is driven by chart-based fear, are the tools we use for decision-making—price data, on-chain indicators, macro signals—really reliable?

What if the underlying data itself is at risk of being contaminated or manipulated? Are those seemingly sophisticated technical analyses and cycle judgments just beautiful calculations built on quicksand?

This doubt has made me reconsider the infrastructure issues of the entire crypto industry.

**Untrustworthy data means analysis has no foundation**

In the world of DeFi, oracles are the gatekeepers of information. Price data, asset proofs, cross-chain data... these "truths" flowing onto the chain determine contract execution, liquidation decisions, and even the stability of the entire ecosystem.

The current problem is that many data sources still carry the risk of single points of failure. If oracles themselves are not sufficiently decentralized or resistant to tampering, then all the decisions made by market participants are essentially built on quicksand.

This is why the industry needs a truly decentralized, cryptographically secure, tamper-proof data verification layer. Not just for token prices, but also for broader financial dimensions—collateral status, cross-chain asset proofs, and even trustworthy mappings of off-chain events.

**Verifiable "present" is more valuable than predicted "future"**

When the market is anxious about repeating history, what we truly need is not more accurate predictions, but more reliable records of reality. If every piece of on-chain information can be cryptographically guaranteed for its authenticity and integrity, the overall quality of information in the crypto world will undergo a fundamental leap.

Such infrastructure will have a profound impact on DeFi, cross-chain protocols, and even off-chain oracle applications. Higher-quality data means more rational market decisions.